Format: CricInfo Version 1t

County Championship, 1973
Hampshire v Essex
United Services Ground, Portsmouth
4,6,7 August 1973

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Not known
Umpires: R Aspinall and H Yarnold

Close of Play:

Essex 1st innings
BC Francis                               b Mottram              0
BR Hardie             lbw                b Herman               5
*KWR Fletcher         c Richards         b Taylor              75
KR Pont               c Stephenson       b Mottram              1
BEA Edmeades          c Richards         b Herman               0
S Turner              c Stephenson       b Taylor              37
RE East               c Sainsbury        b Taylor              12
+N Smith              c Stephenson       b Jesty                7
RNS Hobbs             c Stephenson       b Taylor              16
JK Lever              not out                                   5
DL Acfield                               b O'Sullivan          13
Extras                (lb 1, nb 8)                              9
Total                 (all out, 85.4 overs)                   180

FoW: 1-1, 2-7, 3-9, 4-10, 5-123,
     6-127, 7-146, 8-146, 9-164, 10-180.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Herman                      19      6     38      2
Mottram                     19      4     44      2
Taylor                      23      6     40      4
Jesty                        9      4     16      1
O'Sullivan                  12.4    4     27      1
Sainsbury                    3      0      6      0

Hampshire 1st innings
BA Richards           run out                                   2
CG Greenidge          c Fletcher         b Acfield              6
DR Turner             lbw                b Acfield             98
*RMC Gilliat          c Smith            b Acfield            110
PJ Sainsbury          c Pont             b Acfield              1
TE Jesty              st Smith           b East                 1
MNS Taylor            c Turner           b East                 4
DR O'Sullivan         lbw                b Acfield              1
+GR Stephenson        c Acfield          b East                11
RS Herman                                b Acfield              8
TJ Mottram            not out                                   0
Extras                (b 2, lb 6, nb 3)                        11
Total                 (all out, 87.2 overs)                   253

FoW: 1-2, 2-213, 3-213, 4-221, 5-226,
     6-230, 7-232, 8-242, 9-253, 10-253.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lever                       22      3     58      0
Turner                      14      2     39      0
Acfield                     30.2    6     84      6
East                        21      7     61      3

Essex 2nd innings
BC Francis                               b Richards            49
BR Hardie             c Richards         b O'Sullivan          16
*KWR Fletcher         c Richards         b O'Sullivan          12
KR Pont               c Richards         b O'Sullivan           7
BEA Edmeades          c Jesty            b O'Sullivan           5
RE East               c Richards         b O'Sullivan           4
S Turner              lbw                b Sainsbury            4
+N Smith              c Jesty            b O'Sullivan           0
RNS Hobbs             not out                                   8
DL Acfield            c Greenidge        b Sainsbury            1
JK Lever              not out                                   0
Extras                (b 6, lb 1)                               7
Total                 (9 wickets, 63 overs)                   113

FoW: 1-48, 2-76, 3-80, 4-92, 5-95, 6-102, 7-102, 8-108, 9-113.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Herman                       4      0     14      0
Mottram                      4      1      8      0
O'Sullivan                  27     15     35      6
Sainsbury                   21      8     36      2
Richards                     7      2     13      1

• CG Greenidge retired hurt at 8/1.

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